HFKD CINEMA 2026 PRESENTS: "IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM"
07.03.2026-17.01.2017

PROGRAM

*English below

Verden er uskarp
Iben Haahr Andersen, 1 time 11 min. 2022 

Dokumentaren Verden er uskarp giver et indblik i fire markante kvindelige fotografers liv og arbejde. Else Tholstrup, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Marianne Engberg og Tove Kurtzweil har viet deres liv til fotografiet og udviser en urokkelig skabertrang, nysgerrighed og livsglæde. Gennem deres historier og refleksioner tegnes et portræt af kunstnere, der ser verden gennem linsen og fastholder dens flygtige øjeblikke. Med instruktør og manuskriptforfatter Iben Haahr Andersen bag kameraet udfolder filmen en fortælling om passion, dedikation og den visuelle kunsts kraft.


Nothing Else Matters: Portrait of James Hetfield
Jaimie Warren, 5 min. 23 sek. 2018  

Jaimie Warren (f. 1980) er en amerikansk fotograf og performancekunstner baseret i Brooklyn. Hendes kunstneriske praksis blander popkultur, humor og fællesskab, ofte i samarbejdsbaserede projekter og gennem formatet Whoop Dee Doo, som hun er stifter af og medproducent i: et kunstnerdrevet fællesskab, der skaber installationer og live-performances internationalt i tæt samarbejde med lokale foreninger, særligt unge, med fokus på research, samskabelse og kreativ udveksling. Nothing Else Matters: Portrait of James Hetfield er en musikvideo til Metallicas ”Nothing Else Matters” i horror-æstetik og med hjemmelavede kostumer og rekvisitter lavet i samarbejde med lokale unge fra R.E.C. Room (Homer’s Youth Resource & Enrichment Co-op) og er filmet af de deltagende elever.


TRILOGI:

Goodbye Gauley Mountain – An Ecosexual Love Story
1 time 10 min 2013

Water Makes Us Wet – An Ecosexual Adventure
1 time 20 min. 2017

Playing with Fire – An Ecosexual Emergancy
1 time 11 min. 2025

Annie Sprinkle og Beth Stevens

Kunstnerduoen Annie Sprinkle og Beth Stephens udforsker krydsfeltet mellem kunst, aktivisme og økologi gennem en økoseksuel linse. Deres film Goodbye Gauley Mountain dokumenterer kampen mod ødelæggende minedrift i West Virginia og kulminerer i en symbolsk bryllupsceremoni med Appalacherne. Water Makes Us Wet undersøger vandets politiske og sanselige betydning på en rejse gennem Californien. I Playing With Fire tvinges de to kunstnere til at evakuere, da et lynnedslag antænder en ildstorm i deres redwood-skovreservat i Nordcalifornien,. Deres liv forandres for altid, og de må omsætte tab og sorg til økoseksuel kunst i en brændende fortælling om forvandling. Med denne dokumentar-trilogi blander Stephens og Sprinkle humor, performance og aktivisme for at skabe et nyt syn på vores forhold til naturen.


Old Piano 
Kris Lemsalu & Johanna Ulfsak, 45 min. 2024  

Old Piano er et eksperimentelt videoværk skabt af kunstnerne Kris Lemsalu og Johanna Ulfsak. Værket balancerer mellem film, dokumentar og musikvideo og bærer en nostalgisk pre-internet æstetik. Lemsalu, kendt for sine skulpturelle installationer og performances, har udstillet internationalt, herunder som Estlands repræsentant på Venedig Biennalen i 2019. Hendes praksis forener humor, ritualer og absurditet i en visuel verden, hvor grænserne mellem liv og kunst udviskes. Ulfsak, en anerkendt tekstilkunstner, bidrager med sin sans for materialitet og håndværk. Hovedsoundtracket er komponeret af Gregor Kulla, mens adskillige kunstnere har bidraget til lydsiden. Old Piano forener kunst, design og performance i et grænseløst visuelt univers.


HFKDs filmprogram In The Darkness Bind Them er blevet til i samarbejde med
Statens Kunstfond, Holstebro Kommune, Færch Fonden, Det Obelske Familiefond, Augustinus Fonden og 15. Juni Fonden.  

Verden er uskarp (The World Is Blurred)
Iben Haahr Andersen, 1 hr 11 min. 2022  

The documentary Verden er uskarp offers insight into the lives and work of four prominent female photographers: Else Tholstrup, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Marianne Engberg, and Tove Kurtzweil. Having devoted their lives to photography, they demonstrate an unwavering creative drive, curiosity, and joy for life. Through their stories and reflections, the film forms a portrait of artists who see the world through the lens and capture its fleeting moments. With director and screenwriter Iben Haahr Andersen behind the camera, the film unfolds as a narrative about passion, dedication, and the power of visual art.


Nothing Else Matters: Portrait of James Hetfield
Jaimie Warren, 5 min 23 sec. 2018  

Jaimie Warren (b. 1980) is an American photographer and performance artist based in Brooklyn. Her artistic practice combines pop culture, humor, and community, often through collaborative projects and through the format Whoop Dee Doo, which she founded and co-produces—an artist-led initiative that creates installations and live performances internationally in close collaboration with local organizations, particularly youth groups, with an emphasis on research, co-creation, and creative exchange. Nothing Else Matters: Portrait of James Hetfield is a music video for Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” developed within a horror-inspired aesthetic and featuring handmade costumes and props created together with local teens from the R.E.C. Room (Homer’s Youth Resource & Enrichment Co-op) and filmed by the participating students.


TRILOGY:

Goodbye Gauley Mountain – An Ecosexual Love Story
1 hr 10 min. 2013

Water Makes Us Wet – An Ecosexual Adventure
1 hr 20 min. 2017

Playing with Fire – An Ecosexual Emergency
1 hr 11 min. 2025

Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens

The artist duo Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens explore the intersection of art, activism, and ecology through an ecosexual lens. Goodbye Gauley Mountain documents the struggle against destructive mining practices in West Virginia, culminating in a symbolic wedding ceremony with the Appalachian Mountains. Water Makes Us Wet examines the political and sensual significance of water through a journey across California. In Playing with Fire, the two artists are forced to evacuate when lightning ignites a firestorm in their redwood forest sanctuary in Northern California. Their lives are permanently changed as they transform loss and grief into ecosexual art in a fiery narrative of transformation. With this documentary trilogy, Stephens and Sprinkle combine humor, performance, and activism to propose a renewed perspective on our relationship with nature.


Old Piano, 45 min. 2024
Kris Lemsalu & Johanna Ulfsak

Old Piano is an experimental video work created by artists Kris Lemsalu and Johanna Ulfsak. The work moves between film, documentary, and music video, and carries a nostalgic pre-internet aesthetic. Lemsalu, known for her sculptural installations and performances, has exhibited internationally, including as Estonia’s representative at the Venice Biennale in 2019. Her practice merges humor, ritual, and absurdity within a visual world where the boundaries between life and art dissolve. Ulfsak, an acclaimed textile artist, contributes her strong sense of materiality and craftsmanship. The main soundtrack is composed by Gregor Kulla, while several artists have contributed to the soundscape. Old Piano brings together art, design, and performance in a boundless visual universe.


HFKD’s film programme “In The Darkness Bind Them” has been realized in collaboration with the Danish Arts Foundation, the Municipality of Holstebro, Færch Foundation, The Obel Family Foundation, Augustinus Foundation, and the 15 June Foundation.